Séminaire

Animal medicine

Susana Monso (UNED Madrid)

4 novembre 2025, 11h30–12h30

Toulouse

Salle Auditorium 4 (First Floor - TSE Building)

Résumé

The range of animal practices potentially classified as medical varies widely both functionally and mechanistically, and there is no agreed upon definition of medicine that can help determine which cases ought to count as such. In this paper, we argue that all available definitions are fatally flawed and defend our own characterisation of medicine, which incorporates both functional and mechanistic constraints. We apply our definition to the available evidence and determine which animal behaviours show a mere difference of degree with paradigmatic medical practices—and should thus be seen as medicine proper—and which should be excluded from this nomenclature.

Référence

Susana Monso (UNED Madrid), « Animal medicine », IAST General Seminar, Toulouse : IAST, 4 novembre 2025, 11h30–12h30, salle Auditorium 4 (First Floor - TSE Building).